WordPress 2.5.1

WordPress has released version 2.5.1 of the blogging software. The new version, which comes nearly a month after the initial release fixes a slew of performance and interface bugs, but also includes a very important security update. It is highly reccommended that all WordPress 2.5 users update their installations as soon as possible, especially if you allow open-registration (for user comments or for multi-author blogs).In addition to the aforementioned security patch, 2.5.1 contains a number of fixes to issues that have plagued some WordPress users for the last couple of weeks.The highlights include

Improvements to the Media Uploader

Performance tweaks for the Dashboard and the Write and Comments pages

TinyMCE has been updated

Layout fixes for IE users

Download the latest version of WordPress from their download site and update your installations accordingly.